Reviews
Native American Flute
Native American flute music has enjoyed a vast popularity ever since R Carlos Nakai first began recording in the 1980s...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016
tender
Lady Maisery’s new album is a musical and lyrical exploration of the ambiguities of its one word title, tender. Hazel...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: January/February/2023
About Land
Mira Pardelha's story starts in 1998 when Canadian musicians Jason Breckenridge and Ian Brimacombe were flatmates in Lisbon and first...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2020
Souleymane
Debademba consists of singer Mohamed Diaby, who comes from a Malian griot family and was raised in Abidjan in the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Hundinuiaõis/Bulrush Bloom
From Estonia, Eva Väljaots plays the kannel, one of the plucked zither-like instruments shared by the Finno-Ugric cultures around the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2022
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Ifetayo; Glory of Om; Anoda Sistem; ‘Oduduwa’ [single]
Oluko Imo / Black Truth Rhythm Band
With the blessing of his widow, Soundway Records have re-released three landmark albums and a single from the much underrated...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2024
Otra Mirada: Tangos de Cámara
When Astor Piazzolla dragged tango, sitting (he didn't want any of that silly kicking) and screaming, into the concert space,...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2019
Casa de Fado
There is a long road ahead of Maria Emília, and that means that the young fadista can aspire to become...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2019
Outra Margem
It is a tricky path, the one Vila Navio find themselves exploring: taking Portuguese traditional music and injecting it with...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
